Pauline Cove, Herschell Island: Late/Upper Pleistocene, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Mollusca indet.
Linnaeus 1758
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Harington 1990 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Mammutidae
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Mammut americanum
(Kerr 1792)
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Zazula et al. 2009 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equus lambei
Hay 1917
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2 specimens | ||||||
| synonym of Equus niobrarensis alaskae | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Rangifer tarandus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Zazula et al. 2009 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Bovidae
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Bison priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bison cf. priscus
(Bojanus 1827)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Ovibos moschatus
(Zimmermann 1780)
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Zazula et al. 2009 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Phocidae
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Phoca sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Harington 1990 | 1 individual | |||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Odobenidae
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Odobenus rosmarus
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Zazula et al. 2009 | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Ursus maritimus
Phipps 1774
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Zazula et al. 2009 | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Yukon |
| Coordinates: | 69.6° North, 138.9° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 69.6° North, 138.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Quaternary | Epoch: | Pleistocene |
| Stage: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Pleistocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 0.12900 - 0.01170 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Sangamon interglacial |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Herschel Loc. 1 | ||
| Database number: | 73691 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-06-26 06:32:11 | Last modified: | 2011-04-14 15:35:20 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-06-26 06:32:11 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 24706. | C. R. Harington. 1990. Ice Age Vertebrates in the Canadian Arctic Islands. Canada's Missing Dimension I:140-160 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 1785 | C. R. Harington. 1990. Vertebrates of the Last Interglaciation in Canada: A Review, with New Data. Geographie physique et Quaternaire 44(3) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju] | |
| 35841 | G. D. Zazula, P. G. Hare, and J. E. Storer. 2009. New Radiocarbon-Dated Vertebrate Fossils from Herschel Island: Implications for the Palaeoenvironments and Glacial Chronology of the Beaufort Sea Coastlands. Arctic 62(3):273-280 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |